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03/10/23 06:16 AM IST

Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti 2023

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  • October 2 is special for many reasons. The country celebrates Gandhi Jayanti on this day with a lot of pomp and grandeur.
  • It is also the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
About Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • He was born on 2nd October, 1904 in Mughalsarai, a small railway town seven miles from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Participated in the freedom movement since 1930.
  • He joined the Kashi VidyaPeeth in Varanasi, one of the many national institutions set up in defiance of the British rule.
  • ‘Shastri’ was the bachelor’s degree awarded to him by the Vidya Peeth but has stuck in the minds of the people as part of his name.
  • He was minister in the Union Cabinet from 1951 to 1956 when he resigned taking responsibility for the railway accident and later from 1957-1964.
  • He was India’s second Prime Minister (1964-66).
  • During Shastri’s brief Prime Ministership, the country faced two major challenges. While India was still recovering from the economic implications of the war with China (1962), failed monsoons, drought and serious food crisis presented a grave challenge. The country also faced a war with Pakistan in 1965.
  • Shastri’s famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, symbolised the country’s resolve to face both these challenges.
  • Shastri’s Prime Ministership came to an abrupt end on 10th January 1966, when he suddenly expired in Tashkent.
  • He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna (1966).
Source- Hindustan Times

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